A weekly in Oman has been suspended over a sympathetic article on homosexuality that it published last week,the BBC reported. Homosexuality is illegal in Oman.

Muscat-based The Week had devoted the entire home page on its website to an apology for the article,titled The Outsiders,with the tagline,Omans discreet gay community is finding new ways to live life the way they want to. The article appeared on August 29.

Within hours of publication,article was denounced across online social networks in Oman,the BBC reported.

A member of the influential Shura Council,Tawfiq al Lawati,tweeted that the article was advocating homosexuality and that it suggested Oman was a safe haven for gays, the report added.